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    This is Getting Old: A discussion on aging at the Tricycle Community Book Club Paid Member

    Posted by Philip Ryan on 24 Jun 2010
    We're discussing Susan Moon's new book, This is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity, at the Tricycle Community Book Club this week. You can also listen to an interview with the author before moving on to the discussion. More »
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    Buddhism, Money, and the Recession: Where to Invest? Paid Member

    Posted by Monty McKeever on 22 Jun 2010
    I recently came across an interview on the BBC website in which  Tibetan-Buddhist nun Lama Zangmo, living in London, speaks about the virtues of having no material possessions: More »
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    Enough talk, it's time to save the whales—again. Paid Member

    Posted by James Shaheen on 22 Jun 2010
    This blog has been full of whale talk lately, and whatever our differences, I think most of us agree that it's time to do something to save our mammalian kin. I've just received this and want to share it with you—the Whaling Commission is to hold a final vote to legalize commercial whale hunting, and here's your chance to do something about it. Or, read the letter from avaaz.org below and help them meet their goal of garnering one million signatures (as of this writing, they are at over 900,000): Dear friends, The international vote that could legalize commercial whale hunting is hours away. More »
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    Remember that you will die Paid Member

    Posted by Rachel on 21 Jun 2010
    As a compliment to their Summer exhibit entitled "Remember That You Will Die: Death Across Cultures," the Rubin Museum---in partnership with online magazines Killing the Buddha and Obit Magazine---is sponsoring an essay contest under the same name. Participants are encouraged to visit the Rubin's exhibit---or peruse the online photo gallery---and then write an article inspired by what they have seen. From the Rubin's website: If you can, visit the exhibit in in the flesh. Lean in close to examine the exquisite detail of the Hell Realms, and take a full five steps--left to right--to absorb the scroll of the Eight Great Charnel Grounds, and scrutinize the curve of a human skull, a flayed skin, the memento mori East and West...Next, respond in words. More »
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    Yeats's Birthday Paid Member

    Posted by Anna Bernhard on 17 Jun 2010
    Since yesterday was Bloomsday I thought today would be a good day to commemorate another Irish writer who was interested in Buddhism for a moment, though the moment was admittedly brief. Sunday was William Butler [W.B] Yeats’s birthday. One the books that first sparked Yeats’s interest in spirituality was about esoteric or Vajrayana Buddhism. He read D.T. Suzuki’s Essays in Zen Buddhism and received every copy of the journal Eastern Buddhist until his death. While Buddhism never featured prominently in his poetry or plays, his works were deeply shaped by Irish folklore, mysticism, and religious traditions. These poems helped forge a sense of Irish national identity in the years before the revolution.  His 1892 poem, 'The Lake Isle to Innisfree' begins: More »
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    Russian envoy: No visa for Dalai Lama Paid Member

    Posted by James Shaheen on 16 Jun 2010
    The Dalai Lama had planned to visit Russia, where three republics—Kalmykia, Buryatia and Tuva—have significant Buddhist populations. More »